Short-term impact of the European Consensus Conference on the use of selective decontamination of the digestive tract with antibiotics in ICU patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 981-984

  Misset, B ^a,b   Artigas, A ^a   Bihari, D ^a   Carlet, J ^a   Durocher, A ^a   Hemmer, M ^a   Langer, M ^a   Nicolas, F ^a   De Rohan Chabot, P ^a   Schuster, H P ^a   Tensillon, A ^a  

^a Europ Consensus Conferences I ^*

^b SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Consensus; Impact; Intensive care unit; Selective digestive decontamination

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; POLYMYXIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EUROPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 10244232895     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02044128     Document Type: Article

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